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“Guru Mati
Das Sharma”???
Bhai Mati Das jee is a famous Shahid of the Sikhs who happily faced death by being sawn alive but did not forsake his faith. Bhatt Vehis record the history of this Shahid and it is known that Bhai Mati Das’s grandfather, Bhai Paraga jee was a Sikh of Guru Hargobind and also became a Shaheed in the battle of Ruhila. Bhai Mati Das jee was of course then born into a Sikh family. The family had been Sikh since the time of Guru Ram Das. Bhai Sati Das was Bhai Sahib’s brother. Bhai Mati Das accompanied Guru Tegh Bahadur in his travels to Assam, Bengal and Bihar. When Guru Sahib was arrested and brought to Delhi, Bhai Mati Das was also brought with him. When offered the choice to forsake the Sikh faith and become a Muslim or to face death, Bhai Mati Das happily accepted the latter and only asked that he die while facing the Guru. Even when Bhai Sahib’s body had been cut in two, Japji Sahib could be heard from both halves.
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Bhai Sati Das was also offered the choice to forsake Sikhi or death, and accepted death. He was wrapped in cotton and burnt alive.Hindu fundamentalist organizations, in an effort to demean Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Shaheedee, have appropriated Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das as Hindu heros. Yearly events are held to commemorate their martyrdoms but they are presented as Hindus who died for their faith.
Bhai Hakeekat Singh jee was a young Sikh who is recorded in Bhatt Vehis as “Hakeekat Singh” but later was appropriated by Hindus as their own. Just like Bhai Hakeekat Singh is now referred to as Hakeekat Rai even by Sikhs, these groups hope Sikhs will also give up these two Sikh Shaheeds.
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Sikhs and Raam
Another fallacy being promoted by the RSS is that the Sikh Gurus were from the family of Raam. That throughout history, Vishnu has supported the Sikhs. No Hindu text gives the family tree of Raam, and so there is no foundation for this claim. Giani Puran Singh gave this lie credence by repeating it publicly when he was Jathedar of the Akal Takhat. The only support this lie has is in a work by Kesar Singh Chhiber that has been corrupted. It claims the link between Raam and the Gurus but it also claims that Guru Gobind Singh worshipped Durga and took permission to keep his kesh from her. It also claims that the Sikh Gurus accepted Sanatan Hindu rites.
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Baba Banda Singh Bahadur or Veer Banda Bairagi? One of the RSS’s early targets has been Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. Baba Banda Singh is a Sikh hero who first created a Sikh Rule in Punjab and struck a Sikh coin. Baba Banda Singh is also a great Sikh martyr who sacrificed his life but did not compromise his faith. The RSS has attempted to turn this great Sikh hero, into a Hindu Patriot. In the book “Veer Banda Bairagi” by Bhai Parmanand, Guru Gobind Singh was a defeated man who went to Nander in sadness. There he met the Hindu, Banda Bairagi who agreed to help Guru Sahib take revenge for the death of his sons. Banda Baigragi had with him Rajput warriors and a he gathered a Hindu army to punish the evil Wazir Khan. The new Hindu history claims that Banda Bairagi
never became a Sikh and was an example of a pious Hindu helping
his Sikh friend.
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Baba Banda Singh’s own hukumnamas all make clear that he was a Sikh of the Guru and call upon “The Almighty for assistance."
The question arises, if “Banda Bairagi” had an army of Hindu warriors, why wouldn’t he have taken revenge for the Mughal excesses at Kanshi and Mathura? Why are none of the famous Hindus in his army recorded in history? Why were the Faujdars of conquered areas always Sikhs? Why do even his own family accounts (Bansavalinama) refer to him and his sons with the name “Singh”?
It is a blatant lie by the RSS to appropriate a Sikh hero and make him into a Hindu.
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A 25-Point of Attack The RSS has 25 points with which it hopes to attack the Sikh faith and lead to its eventual assimilation. All 25 points are very easily refuted but lack of education and knowledge coupled with the RSS’s organized attack make this a serious danger. These points are already being incorporated into school text books and taught as real history. This skewed history is already taught in many areas.
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1) Sikhs are an inseparable part of Hindu society. 2) If Hinduism is a tree, Sikhism is a fruit on that tree. 3) Gurbani is like the Ganga, it emerges from the Gangotri of the Vedas 4) The Khalsa was crated to protect Hinduism and Hindustan 5) Japji Sahib is a summary of the Gita 6) The Failure of the 1857 “War of Independence” [in reality an unorganized uprising by Poorbiya soldiers who 8 years earlier helped the British conquer Punjab] was defeated only by the Sikhs 7) Banda Singh Bahadur was really Veer Banda Bairagi 8) The Sikh Gurus worshipped the cow 9) Condemning Sikh scholars Bhai Kanh Singh Nabha and Bhai Veer Singh 10) Use examples from Trumpp and other anti-Sikh western scholars 11) The Sikh Gurus used Vedic ceremonies 12) Guru Gobind Singh worshipped the Goddess Durga 13) Guru Sahib was from the family or Ram and his devotee 14) Sikhs are from Lav-Kush 15) Baba Ram Singh was the legitimate Guru of the Sikhs 16) Create posters which challenge Sikh principles but appear to be pro-Sikh 17) Insist on using the Bikrami calendar and share Hindu festivals 18) Call Bhai Hakeekat Singh, Hakeekat Rai and illustrate him as a clean shaven Hindu 19) Claim [with no historical basis] that Guru Gobind Singh sent his army to liberate Ram Janam Bhumi in Ayodhya from the Mughals 20) To create the Khalsa, Guru Gobind Singh seeked blessing from the gods and goddesses and used Hindu mantras. The Kakaars were also blessings from the gods. 21) Equate ek-oan-kaar with “OM” 22) Call Bhai Mati Das “Guru Mati Das Sharma” 23) To do parkash of Sree Guru Granth Sahib in Mandirs and put pictures of Hindu Gods in Sikh Gurdwaras 24) Project Guru Gobind Singh as having taken a different ideology from Guru Nanak and to make him into a Patriotic Hero of India. 25) Make all of Sikh history take a Hindu tint. |
| The RSS recognizes that Hinduism is many hundreds of years old and it can slowly assimilate the Sikhs with time. By establishing links between Vishnu/Raam and the Gurus, they hope that Sikhs will see these Hindu gods as their own. With time, perhaps pictures of Raam and Vishnu will find their way into Gurdwaras. The RSS has commissioned paintings and posters that mix Hinduism and Sikhism and present Sikh figures receiving blessings from Hindu gods. |
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Idol worship, which is taboo in Sikhism is also
being slowly introduced. Idols of Guru Gobind Singh and Guru Nanak
can now be purchased from many stores. Some Nanaksar Thaats have
also installed these idols. If idols of Sikh Gurus are acceptable,
then perhaps with time Hindu idols can be accepted. Gurdwara Manikaran
is a good example of what the RSS would like to see more common.
By putting Guru Granth Sahib in Hindu mandirs,
simple Sikh villagers will begin to go to pay obeisance regularly.
With Sikhs attending Hindu Mandirs, they will also offer worship
to the Hindu gods and goddesses there. Sikh marriages may also begin
to take place in Mandirs. Eventually, Hinduism in Punjab will be
a mish/mash of Sikhism and Hinduism and the Sikhs will lose their
distinct identity. Given a few generations, Guru Nanak will be an
Avtar of Vishnu just like the Buddha has become and the Sikhs will
be eliminated.
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Today, Hindu Mandirs and idols again surround
Sree Darbaar Sahib in Amritsar. In total, nine mandirs surround
the Darbar Sahib complex, with some even in the galleria. When will
these small mandirs be turned into massive buildings? When they
are, what will the Sikhs have to say?
The Sikhs today are facing dark days. The Sikh Liberation Movement has been destroyed along with Sikh self-confidence. Hindu Fundamentalist organizations are making deep inroads into the community and still there is no reaction. We will be remembered as the first generation of Sikhs to have accepted defeat and subjugation from an adversary.
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Will we wake up in time ? |
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